Dimensions: 50 x 30 x 30 cm. (19.5 x 11.7 x 11.7 inches)

Back and sides in black. Front in wood colour.

A flamenco cajón that, as a result of its price-quality ratio, is ideal for getting started in flamenco percussion.

This percussion instrument has been designed following the style of the Peruvian Cajón. The bordonera system (a tool made of wire or lace strings that bounces against the lower drumhead, producing a distortion), the rattles and the material that it is made of, give the cajón a clear sound definition for both its high and bass sounds, which have volume and energy..

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The cajón, from Peru to Andalusia:

The cajón is a percussion instrument that was recently introduced into flamenco. Its origins are Peruvian, Afro-Peruvian to be precise, as they were invented by African slaves who were transported to the viceroyalty of Peru, who used the freight boxes as musical instruments.

The cajón only made its appearance in flamenco music in the seventies, when it was introduced by Paco de Lucía. Since then, the Peruvian cajón has been progressively adapting to the needs of flamenco, in terms of both sound and rhythm, as it requires more high-pitch sounds than were produced by the original Peruvian design.

Over a short period, the cajón has become firmly established in flamenco. It contributes to creating the rhythm for each flamenco palo (form). The way in which it works is very simple: by and large, it is a wooden box with one of the side boards missing, in its oldest and most basic version, or which has a hole in one of its sides.

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